Yipes! They did it again!

[TMHParticipant]

Thanks for the conversation van :-). I love talking Lehigh sports.

1.) I’m not absolutely certain but I think the pass to Sherman was 20 yards downfield. I seem to recall that most people in the stands thought it was #80 Kurfis but instead it was #20 Sherman.
2.)Drive #2 included at 11 yarder to S-F-Soto, 1 10 yarder to Parris, a 13 yarder to S-F-Soto, a 10 yarder to S-F-Soto and finally the 15 yarder to Hayden. Throwing the ball downfield does not mean 40 yard passes. Much of our passing in the 1st half though were long screens. That works if Princeton was playing off the receiver. I didn’t personally see that happening. Coaches likely saw more.
3.)The third drive also included a 21 yarder to Kurfis.
4.)The 4th drive was nicely drawn up and executed to score and take a lot of time off of the clock. Kudos all around.

Do the same exercise for CCSU. The way the game played out was nearly identical.

[vanParticipant]

my point was that the difference between the first half and second half was not so much throwing down the field as it was execution, first half drives were stopped by missed execution (not by Tigger D) and second half drives were not, of course going on 4th down became necessity in second half

Our O is very good when they execute, not true of all teams, now as to the D, I dunno

[TMHParticipant]

An interesting note on defense. Lehigh has given up 97 points in 3 games. Only 16 occurred in the 4th Qtr. We were using the same personnel. Part of this can be credited to the opponents going into a conservative offense with big leads but IMHO, the team played more aggressively. The DBs seemed to come up closer to the line of scrimmage and challenged the opponents offense to throw their way. This defense apparently has the ability to play well.

[ngineerParticipant]

Defense wins championships. We have plenty of O, but the D has to assert itself earlier. With UNH, we’re going to have to take some risks to cause a turnover or two early. Vanilla D will be sliced and diced. Princeton was quicker than we were, and tackled much better. Pandy will be fine. His leg helps tremendously by making the opponent go 75 yards. Must have close to 10 touchbacks already. Getting familiar with kicking off the turf after years off a block takes time. A long-range weapon will be great considering our propensity for close games. Next two weeks are a great opportunity to show the FCS world exactly how good we are.

[RichHParticipant]

TMH nice pick up. Did notice that in 3rd D 2ndary started more press coverage and much more active LBs.

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